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	<description>The forum for motorcyclists in Bedfordshire and Luton</description>
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		<title>News that a new ‘motorcycles in bus lanes’ trial will be run in London’s red route bus lanes has been met with a cautious welcome by the British Motorcyclists Federation.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having actively campaigned for wider bus lane use for over fifteen years, London’s current eighteen-month trial, ending on July 5th, followed a commitment from
Mr Johnson given to the bmf in the run up to the Mayoral elections, so while pleased at the trial’s qualified success, the bmf is nevertheless disappointed that yet another trial is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.motorcyclingmatters.org/blog/?p=155</link>
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		<title>Chairty Ride Out 7 &amp; 8 August for Air Ambulance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Received from Paul Airton, East Anglian Air Ambulance
Please find attached the preliminary details for a planned ride-out on 7 &#38; 8 August&#8230;.
The ride is in two separate days, with currently no overnight stay&#8230;.although that is a possibility for those wanting to do both days, travelling into Bedfordshire to start the run&#8230;.
Day 1 is completely under [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.motorcyclingmatters.org/blog/?p=152</link>
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		<title>Commuter Survival Guide DVD &#8211; seeking your views</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve just received this email from our colleague, David,  in West Yorkshire.  As many of you are regular commuters, you may wish to help out by giving some feedback &#8230;
I&#8217;ve been asked by the guys who made the &#8216;Great Roads Great Rides&#8217; DVD&#8217;s if I can pass on the message below. They&#8217;re putting together a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.motorcyclingmatters.org/blog/?p=149</link>
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		<title>Free Ride &#8211; Get On!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Caryl, Casualty Reduction Partnership
Help spread the word. There&#8217;s a new, national initative to help promote rider training and safety by giving people &#8211; novice riders or returning riders &#8211; the opportunity to get a free motorcycle training session.  It&#8217;s a scheme run by the Motorcycle Industry Association and the emphasis is on fun and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.motorcyclingmatters.org/blog/?p=143</link>
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		<title>News from the Casualty Reduction Partnership &#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been all quiet on the blog for a while, but we&#8217;ve been busy behind the scenes working on new safety initatives for motorcyclists for 2010.
We&#8217;re pleased to have produced our second edition of Bedfordshire Biker magazine which was mailed to all subscribers and distributed to local motorcycle dealers in March and April.  If you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.motorcyclingmatters.org/blog/?p=141</link>
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		<title>50th bmf show &#8211; wow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Blog post submitted by Bob Long
The 50th Anniversary bmf Show saw sun, smiles and bikers in their thousands turn out over the weekend for one of the best bmf shows of the century! As Europe’s largest outdoors motorcycle show, the bmf show is the traditional season-opener for thousands of motorcyclists and this year certainly did [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.motorcyclingmatters.org/blog/?p=138</link>
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		<title>BMF Shapes Up For 50th Year</title>
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In the run-up to the BMF’s 50th anniversary next year, ‘yes we can, indeed we must’, perhaps best sums up the underlying message from this year’s British Motorcyclists Federation’s Annual General Meeting.
Held in Tuddenham, Norfolk, in the BMF’s Eastern Region, members and delegates from BMF clubs heard that while the BMF’s lobbying work was highly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.motorcyclingmatters.org/blog/?p=137</link>
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		<title>BMF Appoint New Event Organisers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new post from Bob, our local BMF bod&#8230;.
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The British Motorcyclists Federation have appointed event specialists, the Mulberry Group, as organisers of the BMF’s range of popular motorcycle events.

Starting as from 1st October 2009, the Mulberry Group will take over the organisation of BMF events from Live Promotions, the BMF’s event contractors since 2007.
  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.motorcyclingmatters.org/blog/?p=136</link>
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		<title>Ride Safe &#8211; A personal account</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Martin took a RideSafe riding assessment with a Bedfordshire Police Advanced Motorcyclist in August. Here he tells us how it went &#8230;
 &#8220;It was with some trepidation that I headed for Bedford Fire station for my assessed ride appointment, the weather was dry warm and sunny, in fact perfect for a Sunday morning ride in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.motorcyclingmatters.org/blog/?p=134</link>
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		<title>Competition for Rider Trainers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Competition for rider trainers
Submit an exercise for riders
CIECA, the International Commission of Driver and Rider Testing Authorities has launched a worldwide competition to collect examples of the best rider trainig exercises. Together with its partners ACEM, FIM and FEMA, CIECA invites rider trainers to submit rider training exercises related to the ten most frequent accident [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.motorcyclingmatters.org/blog/?p=132</link>
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